Survive & Thrive in Korea
TG BRUNCH On Gyenidan I’ve found a new place to satisfy my brunch cravings. TG Brunch Café may be tiny in size but they make up for it in the excellent food and service. The menu offers a true brunch experience with breakfast and lunch selections. There’s two breakfast sets. Set A comes with eggs, […]
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In life there are several words that I love to say. In Korean those words are budae Jjigae and in French they are amuse bouche. I never dreamed I’d actually have cause to utter those two little French words outside of a conversation about Top Chef, but thanks to a new Café in Hongdae I’m […]
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Café Soon and Club Espresso If you’ve lived in Seoul for any amount of time you know that Coffee is the life’s blood of the people. Coffee houses literally dot the landscape like a break out of the hives. I can’t walk a block without seeing someplace selling coffee whether its’ a franchise, a mom […]
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The next assault in the coffee wars has been launched! This time it’s DeChocolate firing off a nuclear worthy attack at the likes of Tom N Toms, Starbucks, and Coffee Bean. Last year around this time I’d never even seen a single one. Now you can’t miss them. You’ve probably seen a DeChocolate yourself. They’re […]
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I should preface this by saying that I am a total dog person. In fact I find myself fond of Chihuahuas which one might think would make me a possible cat lover, but really I’m not. Cats just don’t do it for me, except for maybe Siamese cats which I have an unusual fascination of. […]
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Moderato in Myeong dong. If you love cafes then living in Seoul means you’ve hit the sweet spot. This city has a stupefying number of cafes all devoted to bringing you their own little special something to keep you coming back. Some pour their energy into a perfect cup of coffee, others work their mojo […]
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